Ezra 2
1 King Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] had captured many [Israeli] people and taken them to Babylonia. [Many years later, ] some Israeli people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to [other places in] Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned.
And these [are] the people of the land that went up, of the number of prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to his city;
2 The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were:
who came with Zorobabel: Jesus, Neemias, Saraias, Reelias, Mardochaeus, Balasan, Masphar, Baguai, Reum, Baana. The number of the people of Israel:
3 2,172 descendants of Parosh
the children of Phares, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
4 372 descendants of Shephatiah
The children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two.
5 775 descendants of Arah
The children of Ares, seven hundred and seventy-five.
6 2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab
The children of Phaath Moab, belonging to the sons of Jesue [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 1,254 descendants of Elam
The children of Aelam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
8 945 descendants of Zattu
The children of Zatthua, nine hundred and forty-five.
9 760 descendants of Zaccai
The children of Zacchu, seven hundred and sixty.
10 642 descendants of Bani
The children of Banui, six hundred and forty-two.
11 623 descendants of Bebai
The children of Babai, six hundred and twenty-three.
12 1,222 descendants of Azgad
The children of Asgad, a thousand two hundred and twenty-two.
13 666 descendants of Adonikam
The children of Adonicam, six hundred and sixty-six.
14 2,056 descendants of Bigvai
The children of Bague, two thousand and fifty-six.
15 454 descendants of Adin
The children of Addin, four hundred and fifty-four.
16 98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah
The children of Ater [the son] of Ezekias, ninety eight.
17 323 descendants of Bezai
The children of Bassu, three hundred and twenty-three.
18 112 descendants of Jorah
The children of Jora, a hundred and twelve.
19 223 descendants of Hashum
The children of Asum, two hundred and twenty-three.
20 95 descendants of Gibbar. [People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah: ]
The children of Gaber, ninety-five.
21 123 from Bethlehem
The children of Bethlaem, a hundred and twenty-three.
22 56 from Netophah
The children of Netopha, fifty-six.
23 128 from Anathoth
The children of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
24 42 from Azmaveth
The children of Azmoth, forty-three.
25 743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth
The children of Cariathiarim, Chaphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
26 621 from Ramah and Geba
The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty-one.
27 122 from Micmash
The men of Machmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
28 223 from Bethel and Ai
The men of Baethel and Aia, four hundred and twenty-three.
29 52 from Nebo
The children of Nabu, fifty-two.
30 156 from Magbish
The children of Magebis, a hundred and fifty-six.
31 1,254 from Elam
The children of Elamar, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
32 320 from Harim
The children of Elam, three hundred and twenty.
33 725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono
The children of Lodadi and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.
34 345 from Jericho
The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
35 3,630 from Senaah.
The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
36 Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those from the family of Jeshua)
And the priests, the sons of Jedua, [belonging to] the house of Jesus, [were] nine hundred and seventy-three.
37 1,052 descendants of Immer
The children of Emmer, a thousand [and] fifty-two.
38 1,247 descendants of Pashhur
The children of Phassur, a thousand two hundred [and] forty-seven.
39 1,017 descendants of Harim. The ones from the [rest of the] tribe of Levi who returned were:
The children of Erem, a thousand [and] seven.
40 74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah
And the Levites, the sons of Jesus and Cadmiel, belonging to the sons of Oduia, seventy-four.
41 128 singers who were descendants of Asaph
The sons of Asaph, singers, a hundred [and] twenty-eight.
42 139 (gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple) who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai.
The children of the porters, the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Acub, the children of Atita, the children of Sobai, [in] all a hundred [and] thirty-nine.
43 The (temple workers/men who would work in the temple) who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
The Nathinim: the children of Suthia, the children of Asupha, the children of Tabaoth,
44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,
the sons of Cades, the children of Siaa, the children of Phadon,
45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
the children of Labano, the children of Agaba, the sons of Acub,
46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
the children of Agab, the children of Selami, the children of Anan,
47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
the children of Geddel, the children of Gaar, the children of Raia,
48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
the children of Rason, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazem,
49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
the children of Azo, the children of Phase, the children of Basi,
50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
the children of Asena, the children of Mounim, the children of Nephusim,
51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
the children of Bacbuc, the children of Acupha, the children of Arur,
52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
the children of Basaloth, the children of Mauda, the children of Arsa,
53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
the children of Barcos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema,
54 Neziah, and Hatipha.
the children of Nasthie, the children of Atupha.
55 These descendants of [King] Solomon’s servants [returned]: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
The children of the servants of Solomon: the children of Sotai, the children of Sephera, the children of Phadura,
56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
the children of Jeela, the children of Darcon, the children of Gedel,
57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Ami.
the children of Saphatia, the children of Atil, the children of Phacherath, the children of Aseboim, the children of Emei.
58 Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned.
All the Nathanim, and the sons of Abdeselma [were] three hundred and ninety-two.
59 There was another group who returned [to Judah] from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer [towns in Babylonia]. But they could not prove that they were descendants of [people who previously lived in] Israel.
And these [are] they that went up from Thelmelech, Thelaresa, Cherub, Hedan, Emmer: and they were not able to tell the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
60 This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
the children of Dalaea, the children of Bua, the children of Tobias, the children of Necoda, six hundred [and] fifty-two.
61 Hobaiah’s clan, Hakkoz’s clan, and Barzillai’s clan also returned. Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai from [the] Gilead [region], and he had taken for himself the name of his father-in-law’s clan.
And of the children of the priests, the children of Labeia, the children of Akkus, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughter of Berzellai the Galaadite, and was called by their name.
62 The people in that group searched in the documents that had the names of the ancestors of all the clans, but these men’s names were not found. So they were not permitted do the work that priests did.
These sought their genealogy [as though] they had been reckoned, but they were not found; and they were removed, [as polluted], from the priesthood.
63 The governor told them that they would need to ask a priest to consult Yahweh by [(casting/throwing] the sacred lots/stones [that had been marked]), to determine if those men were truly Israelis. When the priests did that, [if the stones showed that those men were Israelis], they would be permitted to eat the shares of the sacrifices that were given to the priests.
And the Athersastha told them that they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should arise with Lights and Perfections.
64 Altogether 42,360 Israeli people who returned to Judah.
And all the congregation together [were] about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty;
65 There were also 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both men and women, who returned.
besides their menservants and maidservants, [and] these were seven thousand three hundred [and] thirty-seven: and [among] these were two hundred singing men and singing women.
66 The Israelis brought with them [from Babylonia] 736 horses, 245 mules,
Their horses [were] seven hundred [and] thirty-six, their mules, two hundred [and] forty-five.
67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Their camels, four hundred [and] thirty-five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred [and] twenty.
68 When they arrived at the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the clan leaders gave money [for the supplies needed] to rebuild the temple at the place where the temple had been previously.
And [some] of the chiefs of families, when they went into the house of the Lord that was in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its prepared place.
69 They all gave as much money as they were able to give. Altogether they gave 61,000 gold coins, (6,250 pounds/3,000 kg.) of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
According to their power they gave into the treasury of the work pure gold sixty-one thousand pieces, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
70 Then the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, the musicians, the temple guards, and some of the [other] people started to live in the towns and villages [near Jerusalem]. The rest of the people went to the other places in Israel where their ancestors had lived.
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nathinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
